5 times Liverpool destroyed Manchester United in the Premier League era

#2 Liverpool 3-1 Manchester United, 6th March, 2011

The 2010/11 season was one of the worst Premier League efforts for Liverpool – they finished 6th in the table following a diabolical start under the reign of Roy Hodgson, who was subsequently fired and replaced by club legend Kenny Dalglish in January. Although the arrival of Dalglish did steady the ship, it didn’t really change the Reds’ fortunes for the season – but he still managed to pull off one tremendous win – a 3-1 victory over Manchester United at Anfield.

The win by Liverpool blew the title race wide open as United were leading the table at that stage, and although they did go on to win the league by a strong margin of nine points, the Liverpool victory certainly proved that the Red Devils were beatable. The star of the show was Dutch jack-of-all-trades Dirk Kuyt, who scored a hat-trick, becoming the first Liverpool player to score one against United since Peter Beardsley back in the pre-Premier League era in 1990. But Luis Suarez – one of Dalglish’s new signings – also played a pivotal role, creating two of Kuyt’s goals with some sublime skills.

By the time Javier Hernandez scored a consolation goal in added time, the game was far beyond United’s reach and Liverpool had picked up a tremendous win – arguably their best result of the entire season. It was the perfect birthday present for Dalglish, who had turned 60 two days before the game. For Suarez, it was a sign of the brilliance that was about to come from the Uruguayan striker over the next few seasons, and for Kuyt, it was arguably his probably his all-time high point in a Liverpool shirt.